Search results for "Geriatrics"
Digging up and dealing with inpatient depression
Accurately diagnosing depression in a medically ill person can be tricky, but hospitalists can take steps to improve inpatient and postdischarge mental health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/digging-up-and-dealing-with-inpatient-depression.htm
15 Mar 2018
No halfway measures
Partial DNRs may be attractive to patients, but they may cause more problems than they solve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/coverstory.htm
15 Jun 2011
May 4, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/
Finesse required to treat anxiety in the elderly
Elderly patients may have many concerns on their mind, but when does worry become anxiety?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/anxiety.htm
15 Feb 2013
Frailty score may help predict postop mortality risk in the elderly
A multidimensional frailty score helped predict postoperative mortality risk in elderly patients, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/3.htm
14 May 2014
Textbook reflects evolution of hospitalists
More robust coverage of consultation medicine, rehabilitation medicine, oncology, palliative care, and transitions of care is included
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/q-and-a-principles-practice-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Feb 2017
Connecting hospitalists and postacute care teams
A version of Project ECHO targeted postdischarge care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/success-story-connecting-hospitalists-and-postacute-care-teams.htm
15 Jun 2021
Almost a 5-star column
The “Great Satisfaction Madness” of 2027 is over.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/newman.htm
15 Jul 2015
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012
Saving money by giving care for free
At most hospitals, paying for medical care means handing over proof of insurance or a credit card. At The Caring Place in Allentown, Pa., it can mean reading to children, baking cookies or translating for other patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/care.htm
15 Mar 2007